Ige-tongs



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G. E. MOORE.

ICE TONGS. No. 354,431. 124441144411364. 14, 1886.`

Inwo?? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MOORE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ICE-TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 354,431, dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed March 25, 1886. Serial No. 196,583.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLEs H. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice-Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ice-tongs; and the objects of my invention are to produce ice-tongs that may be constructed either of steel, wrought or malleable iron, or other suitable material, by forging or casting, and especially by casting, thus producing a better article much cheaper, and, secondly, to make the points, which should be steel in all cases, movable, so that they may be taken out and sharpened when dull, or be replaced by new ones when worn out, and all of the parts being cast or forged so as to be put together and closed up with the least amount of labor. l attain these objects by the mechanism illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1- is a side view of the tongs. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the tongs. Fig. 3 is aview of one end of one of the curved bars or arms, the point or spur being shown detached.

The same letters in all the figures refer to the same parts.

A B and A2 E2 are two doublecurved bars or arms hinged or pivoted together by a rivet, c, at the point C, where they cross each other, as the ordinary ice-tongs are. The longer curved arms, B B2, terminate with enlarged ends b, having round, square, or triangular (No model.)

tapered holes, in which are inserted the movable points D D, the tapered ends d d in the tapered holes serving to tighten the points by use. The shorter curved arms, A A2, terminate in open eyes or rings el cl2, which receive one end of the hinge links or bars H H, the other ends of which are hinged at K K to the tubular handle I, the ends of which terminate in open eyes or rings k 7s, which construction of eyes, points, and hinges allows the doublecurved arms to open and close freely.

Eis a projection formed on one of the shorter arms of the double-curved arms, near the pivotal point thereof, and which acts as a stop to prevent the double-curved arms from opening too wide and closing too close in use.

Having thus described. my invention,what I claim is- The combination of the double-curved arms A B and AZ B2, pivoted together at C and provided with the enlargements b b, having tapered holes for the reception of the removable steel points D D, the stop'E, formed on one of the shorter arms of the doublecurved arms, the eyes or rings d d2, formed on the doublecurved arms, links H H, and the tubular handle I, to which said links H H are connected at 7c 7c, `substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I haveherennto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. TUCKER, .IosEPII N. GLoUsE. '1 

